But yer see the lidy 'ad gave
me a Bible o' me own an' I'd set 'ere
an' read it, an' read it an' learned
verses to say to meself when I was in
bed--an' I'd got ter feel like it was
someone talkin' to me an' makin' me
understand. So I ses, ` 'T ain't boldness
we're warned against; it's not
lovin' an' trustin' enough, an' not
askin' an' believin' TRUE. Don't yer
remember wot it ses: "I, even I, am
'e that comforteth yer. Who art
thou that thou art afraid of man
that shall die an' the son of man that
shall be made as grass, an' forgetteth
Jehovah thy Creator, that stretched
forth the 'eavens an' laid the foundations
of the earth?" an' "I've covered
thee with the shadder of me
'and," it ses; an' "I will go before
thee an' make the rough places
smooth;" an' " 'Itherto ye 'ave asked
nothin' in my name; ask therefore
that ye may receive, an' yer joy may
be made full." ' An' 'e looked down
on the floor as if 'e was doin' some
'ard thinkin', pore young man, an' 'e
ses, quite sudden an' shaky, `Lord, I
believe, 'elp thou my unbelief,' an' 'e
ses it as if 'e was in trouble an' didn't
know 'e'd spoke out loud."
"Where--how did you come upon
your verses?" said Dart. "How did
you find them?"
"Ah," triumphantly, "they was
all answers--they was the first
answers I ever 'ad. When I first come
'ome an' it seemed as if I was goin'
to be swep' away in the dirt o' the
street--one day when I was near
drove wild with cold an' 'unger, I
set down on the floor an' I dragged
the Bible to me an' I ses: `There
ain't nothin' on earth or in 'ell as 'll
'elp me.
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